In the Indian Premier League 2023, a match was played between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on 3rd April. Batting first in this match, the Chennai team got rid of the sixes of the Lucknow bowlers. Chennai opener Ruturaj Gaikwad played a half-century innings with his fast batting. He has scored a half-century in the second consecutive match of the tournament. Ruturaj scored the 12th half-century of his IPL career in this innings. Ruturaj completed this half-century in 25 balls. This innings is being discussed fiercely. Ruturaj Gaikwad hit three fours and four sixes in his innings. During this, Ruturaj Gaikwad hit such a six that is being discussed everywhere.
Actually this six of Ruturaj has caused a lot of damage to the sponsors. Batting destructive, he hit a six that went straight past the car. Ruturaj hit this six in the fifth over, in which Krishnappa Gautam was bowling. Ruturaj hit the last ball of this over for a six, which hit the back door of the sponsor car. This six was hit 88 meters away, the car was hit so fast that the car got a dent which was clearly visible. Please tell that this vehicle is Tata’s brand new car Tiago EV, which has a dent on it. Generally, Tata vehicles are famous for their solid body, but this vehicle has got a dent due to the sixes.
Tata will donate 5 lakhs
After this six hit by Ruturaj Gaikwad, the video of hitting this six on social media is becoming quite viral on social media. At the same time, Tata, the official sponsor of IPL, had announced that if someone hits the ball on Tata’s brand new car Tiago EV, then Tata will donate Rs 5 lakh to the coffee plantations of Karnataka, so that biodiversity can be promoted. The company had already announced this.
Ruturaj created history
In this match, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway shared a century partnership. Both created history by sharing 110 runs in 55 balls for the first wicket. This is the first opening and century partnership made by the opening batsmen of any team against Lucknow Super Giants. Not only this, the pair of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway has become the highest opening partnership pair for Chennai Super Kings. Both have made this third century partnership. Earlier, the opening pair of Murali Vijay and Mike Hussey had shared a century partnership twice for Chennai.
